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			<td colspan=2 class=header>Greece: Formulaic Matrix</td>
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				<td width=12%><b>Greece</b></td>
				<td width=22%><b>Primary Districts (nomoi)</b></td>
				<td width=22%><b> Secondary Districts (major districts)</b></td>
				<td width=22%><b>Tertiary District (national)</b></td>
				<td width=22%><b>Secondary District (national)</b></td>
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				<td width=12%><b>National Lists</b></td>
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				<td width=22%>(6) Votes cast in nomoi are aggregated to the national level and 12 "state deputies" chosen by
					PR-d'Hondt, with a 3% threshold.</td>
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				<td width=12%><b>Partisan Cartels</b></td>
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				<td width=22%>(2) All votes cast in nomoi for lists passing the 3% threshold (as in step 1) are aggregated at the
					major district level, along with seats not allocated at step 1. Each cartel gets as many seats as its vote
					contains full Hare quotas.</td>
				<td width=22%>(4) The party with the most national votes wins all unallocated seats from district where it ran first.
					Unallocated seats from other districts are aggregated to the national level, along with all votes cast for lists
					passing the 3% threshold (as in step 1). Each cartel gets as many seats as its vote contains full Hare quotas.
					Seats still not allocated go to the largest party.</td>
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				<td width=12%><b>Lists</b></td>
				<td width=22%>(1) PR-d'Hondt in one- and two-member districts. In larger districts, each list gets as many seats as
					its vote contains full "plus one" quotas. Only lists from a party/coalition that gets at least 3% of the national
					vote are eligible to receive seats.</td>
				<td width=22%>(3) Seats allocated to cartels in step 2 are reallocated to the cartel's component list according to
					which nomos the seat came from.</td>
				<td width=22%>(5) Seats allocated to cartels in step 4 are reallocated to the cartel's component list according to
					which nomos the seat came from.</td>
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				<td width=12%><b>Candidates</b></td>
				<td width=22%>(7) Seats allocated to lists in steps 1, 3, and 5 are reallocated to each list's candidates by
					plurality.</td>
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				<td width=22%>(8) List order.</td>
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				<td colspan=5>300-member Chamber of Deputies. In a final adjustment, any party whose vote exceed the 3% national threshold, but whose seats fall short of 70% their proportional due (their vote percentage, times the total number of seats), receives extra seats at the expense of the immediately stronger party.</td>
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